April 3, 2000
NCAA East Regional Game
#2 UMaine (27-7-5, 13-7-4) vs.
#1 North Dakota (29-8-5, 17-6-5)
April 6, 2000 * 2:00 p.m.
Providence Civic Center * Providence, Rhode Island
Radio: WZON AM620 (Bangor)
WMEB FM 91.9 (Orono)
TV: ESPN2
The University of Maine (27-7-5, 13-7-4) will look to keep a 13-game undefeated streak alive (12-0-1) when it takes on the University of North Dakota (29-8-5, 17-6-5) Thursday in the first of two NCAA Frozen Four semifinal matchups. The streaking Bears will also be trying to extend their undefeated streak against non-Hockey East opponents. UMaine, 18-0-3 during this streak, has not lost to a non-Hockey East foe since Feb. 28, 1998, when Nebraska-Omaha defeated the Black Bears 4-3. The Fighting Sioux are also a hot team, only losing one of its last 15 games (11-1-3). North Dakota advanced to the semifinal round of the tournament after defeating Niagara 4-1. The Fighting Sioux offense is led by Hobey Baker Finalist Jeff Panzer's 63 points (19-44-63), and WCHA leading goal scorer Lee Goren (32-28-60). Defensively, goaltender Karl Goehring led all WCHA goalies in save percentage, .924, and goals-against average, 1.95, but Andy Kollar has had to carry UND in the post season, after Goehring suffered a concussion in the opening round of the WCHA playoffs. Kollar is the WCHA's top goalie in winning percentage, .821 (11-2-1), and is undefeated in the post season (3-0-0).
SERIES RECORD/LAST MEETING
UMaine trails North Dakota 2-6-0 in the all-time series between the two schools. UMaine has never faced UND in a post-season game. North Dakota defeated UMaine 8-6, Jan. 4, 1988 in their last meeting.
Head Coach Shawn Walsh
Walsh, a former National Coach of the year, is in his 16th season with the UMaine team. He is one of only two coaches to have been a member of Hockey East since its infancy. In his career, he has led UMaine to two Division I National Championships, one in the 1992-93 season and the other last season. He ranks 26th all-time and 11th among active coaches in wins (379). Walsh is a 1978 graduate of Bowling Green State University, where he earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in education. Walsh is 379-202-37 in his career.
SHAWN WALSH'S NCAA TOURNAMENT LEDGER
- Fourth all-time in NCAA Tournament victories (19)
- Tied for third all-time in Frozen Four winning percentage, .833 (5-1)
- Tied for ninth all-time for most Frozen Four victories (6)
- Tied for 10th all-time in Frozen Four appearances (6)
- Tied for fifth all-time in NCAA Tournament appearances (10)
- Tied for sixth all-time in consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances (7), 1987-93
- Seventh all-time in NCAA Tournament winning percentage, .633 (19-11-0)
- 13th coach to win multiple NCAA titles, guided UMaine to national championships in 1993 and 1999
BACK TO THE FUTURE
The Black Bears played in the last Frozen Four to be hosted by the Providence Civic Center in 1995. UMaine defeated Michigan in triple overtime 4-3 in its semifinal game, but lost to rival Boston University in the final 6-2.
LEGER IS HUMANITARIAN FINALIST
Senior Jim Leger, is one of five finalist for the fifth annual College Hockey Humanitarian Award. The College Hockey Humanitarian Award is presented annually to college hockey's finest citizen, and will be presented at 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 7, at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence as part of the festivities surrounding the NCAA's Frozen Four.
YEATS IS HAVING RECORD SEASON
Sophomore goaltender Matt Yeats earned his first victory in goal in his first NCAA Tournament start in goal when he backstopped UMaine's 5-2 victory over Michigan. Yeats' winning percentage of .759 (20-5-4) is sixth nationally. The All-Hockey East Tournament Team selection is already on UMaine's single-season record list in all four major goaltending categories. He is second in single-season save percentage, .910, tied with last year's NCAA Tournament MVP Alfie Michaud, and only trails Garth Snow, .915, who backstopped UMaine's 1993 national championship team. Yeats is fifth in goals against average, 2.62, and seventh in saves, 774, and victories, 20. He set a Hockey East quarterfinals record when he stopped 19 Friar shots in the third period of UMaine's second victory over Providence. The 19 saves are the most saves made in a period of a HEA quarterfinal game. The first-year goalie has not lost since a 1-0 defeat at UNH, Feb. 6, posting a 11-0-1 record down the stretch.
GUITE IS NATIONS TOP POWER-PLAY SCORER
Senior forward Ben Guite took over the national lead for power-play goals scored when he tallied his 15th power-play goal, and second goal of the game, in UMaine's 5-2 East Regional victory over Michigan. Guite was named to the NCAA All-East Regional Team.
FRESHMEN POURING ON POINTS
Freshmen figured in all but one goal, an empty net unassisted goal, in UMaine's 5-2 defeat of Michigan in the East Regional. Six freshmen have seen playing time in UMaine's post season. Tom Reimann is tied with Niko Dimitrakos and Guite for the team lead with six points in five post-season games (1-5-6). Chris Heisten (3-1-4), Martin Kariya (0-4-4) and Cliff Loya (0-4-4), leads all UMaine defensemen in points, are all among team leaders with four-points apiece in post season play.
1999-00 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE RESULTS
| 10/16 | Minnesota | 5-3 W |
| 10/17 | Minnesota | 5-4 W |
| JC PENNEY HOCKEY CLASSIC |
| 10/22 | New Brunswick | 6-3 W (non-NCAA) |
| 10/23 | Canisius College | 6-3 W |
| 10/29 | Ohio State | 3-2 W |
| 10/31 | Ohio State | 3-1 W |
| 11/5 | Northeastern # | 2-2 T (ot) |
| 11/7 | Providence # | 5-2 W |
| 11/12 | Merrimack # | 3-3 T (ot) |
| 11/14 | Boston College # | 4-2 W |
| 11/19 | UMass/Lowell # | 3-1 W |
| 11/20 | Brown | 3-0 W |
| 12/3 | Northeastern # | 3-1 L |
| 12/4 | Northeastern # | 6-3 L |
| 12/10 | Boston Univ. # | 4-2 W |
| 12/12 | Quinnipiac | 7-4 W |
| @DENVER CUP |
| 12/31 | Colorado College | 4-3 W |
| 1/1 | Denver | 4-3 W |
| 1/4 | Cornell * | 2-2 T (ot) |
| 1/7 | New Hampshire # | 9-4 W |
| 1/8 | New Hampshire # | 5-4 L |
| 1/11 | UMass/Amherst # | 4-2 W |
| 1/15 | Boston Univ. # | 5-4 L |
| 1/16 | Boston Univ. # | 3-3 T (ot) |
| 1/28 | Boston College # | 3-2 L |
| 1/29 | Boston College # | 3-0 L |
| 2/6 | New Hampshire # | 1-0 L |
| 2/11 | UMass/Amherst # | 5-2 W |
| 2/12 | UMass/Amherst # | 5-2 W |
| 2/18 | UMass/Lowell # | 4-1 W |
| 2/19 | UMass/Lowell # | 4-3 W |
| 2/25 | Merrimack # | 5-1 W |
| 2/26 | Merrimack # | 5-3 W |
| 3/3 | Providence # | 6-6 T (ot) |
| 3/4 | Providence # | 3-2 W |
| HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT |
| 3/9 | Providence | 5-3 W |
| 3/10 | Providence | 5-4 W (ot) |
| 3/17 | Boston Univ.+ | 4-2 W |
| 3/18 | Boston College+ | 2-1 W |
| NCAA TOURNAMENT |
| 3/26 | Michigan% | 5-2 W |
# Hockey East Conference Game
* Cumberland County Civic Center
+ Fleet Center - Boston, Mass.
%Pepsi Center - Albany, NY - East Regional
Black Bears & Fighting Sioux on top of Poll:
The USA Today/American Hockey Magazine Poll ranked UMaine second in the nation, receiving 216 votes and six first-place votes. The Black Bears semifinal opponent, North Dakota, is ranked first in the poll, receiving 219 votes and nine first-place votes. Thursay's other semifinal matchup features Boston College, ranked third, and St. Lawrence University, ranked fourth.
UMAINE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE IN HEA & NATION
The Black Bears offense finished the regular season ranked second in Hockey East, averaging 3.67 goals per game in conference play. Similarly, UMaine's defensive finished the regular season ranked second in the conference, allowing 2.79 goals per game in league games. Nationally, UMaine's 151 goals in 39 games, 3.87 per game, ranks eighth. UMaine's defense ranks 16 nationally, allowing 104 goals in 39 games, 2.67 per game. The Black Bears fifth in the nation in winning percentage, .756, and ninth in scoring margin, 1.21.
FINAL HOCKEY EAST STANDINGS/PRESEASON POLL
UMaine was picked to finish third in the preseason poll of the league's coaches. Boston University rebounded from a 8-13-3 fifth place HEA finish in the 1988-89 season to capture first place honors this year. First place votes appear in parentheses.
| Team | Record/HEA | Predicted finish |
| 1. | Boston University* | 28-9-7/15-3-6 | 1. Boston Col. (8) |
| 2. | New Hampshire | 23-8-6/13-5-6 | 2. UNH |
| 3. | Boston College | 26-11-1/15-8-1 | 3. Maine (1) |
| 4. | Maine** | 26-7-5/13-7-4 | 4. Providence |
| 5. | Providence | 18-18-2/10-13-1 | 5. Boston Univ. |
| Northeastern | 12-19-5/8-11-5 | 6. Northeastern |
| 7. | Merrimack | 11-19-6/6-12-6 | 7. UMass-Amh. |
| 8. | UMass-Amherst | 11-20-5/5-15-4 | UMass-Lowell |
| 9. | UMass-Lowell | 8-23-3/5-16-3 | 9. Merrimack |
*Hockey East Regular Season Champion
**Hockey East Tournament Champion
DIMITRAKOS IS HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT MVP
Sophomore Forward Niko Dimitrakos earned HEA Tournament Most Valuable Player honors, the William Flynn Award. Dimitrakos registered five points in four HEA Tournament games (3-2-5), including scoring the game-winning goal with 2.5 seconds left in the third period to give UMaine a 2-1 championship game victory over Boston College. He is joined on the team by goaltender Matt Yeats, forward Cory Larose and defenseman Robert Ek.
SIX BLACK BEARS MAKE UP HALF OF HOCKEY EAST ALL-DECADE TEAM
Forwards Paul Kariya, Jim Montgomery, Scott Pellerin, defensemen Chris Imes and Keith Carney, and goalie Garth Snow were selected to the Hockey East All-Decade team.
UMAINE 100 POINT SCORERS
| Name | GP | G-A-Pts. | PPG |
| 1. | Jim Montgomery (1989-93) | 170 | 103-198-301 | 1.77 |
| 2. | Scott Pellerin (1988-92) | 167 | 106-117-223 | 1.33 |
| 3. | Gary Conn-1 (1977-81) | 127 | 107-114-221 | 1.74 |
| 4. | David Capuano (1986-89) | 121 | 89-122-211 | 1.74 |
| 5. | Jean-Yves Roy (1989-92) | 124 | 108-95-203 | 1.64 |
| 6. | Cal Ingraham-2 (1989-94) | 131 | 90-97-187 | 1.43 |
| Steve Kariya (1995-99) | 150 | 78-109-187 | 1.25 |
| 8. | Cory Larose (1996-Present) | 146 | 61-119-180 | 1.23 |
| 9. | Rob Zamejc-3 (1978-82) | 130 | 69-110-179 | 1.38 |
| 10. | Martin Robitaille (1988-92) | 163 | 69-106-175 | 1.07 |
| 11. | Joe Crespi-1 (1977-81) | 125 | 78-90-168 | 1.34 |
| 12. | Mike McHugh (1984-88) | 149 | 68-84-152 | 1.02 |
| 13. | Shawn Wansborough (1994-98) | 139 | 74-77-151 | 1.09 |
| 14. | Guy Perron (1986-90) | 136 | 62-84-146 | 1.07 |
| 15. | Patrice Tardif (1990-94) | 146 | 72-72-144 | 0.99 |
| 16. | Brian Downey (1989-92) | 112 | 59-81-140 | 1.25 |
| 17. | Dan Shermerhorn (1993-97) | 152 | 69-68-137 | 0.90 |
| 18. | Andre Aubut-4 (1978-82) | 127 | 32-103-135 | 1.06 |
| 19. | Todd Bjorkstrand (1980-84) | 120 | 44-90-134 | 1.12 |
| 20. | Bob Corkum (1985-89) | 159 | 56-76-132 | 0.83 |
| 21. | Ray Jacques (1981-85) | 125 | 46-82-128 | 1.02 |
| 22. | Keith Carney (1988-91) | 121 | 14-112-126 | 1.04 |
| 23. | Ron Hellen (1981-85) | 143 | 56-69-125 | 0.89 |
| 24. | Paul Kariya (1992-94) | 51 | 33-91-124 | 2.43 |
| 25. | Christian Lalonde (1986-90) | 164 | 40-81-121 | 0.74 |
| Jack Capuano (1985-88) | 124 | 32-89-121 | 0.98 |
| 27. | Bill Demaniuk-1 (1977-81) | 127 | 49-70-119 | 0.94 |
| 28. | Brad Purdie (1992-96) | 139 | 59-54-113 | 0.78 |
| 29. | John Tortorella-4 (1978-81) | 99 | 39-71-110 | 1.11 |
| 30. | David Cullen (1995-99) | 137 | 27-82-109 | 0.79 |
| 31. | Tim Lovell (1993-96) | 115 | 51-57-108 | 0.94 |
| 32. | Scott Parmentier (1994-98) | 142 | 60-47-107 | 0.75 |
| 33. | Chris Imes-5 (1990-95) | 154 | 26-79-105 | 0.68 |
- 1-played two seasons while UMaine was Division II program
- 2-played one season at Air Force Academy (statistics included)
- 3-played one season at St. Louis University (statistics included), played one season when UMaine was Division II program
- 4-played one season when UMaine was Division II program
- 5-did not play 1993-94 season (U.S. Olympic team)
LAROSE UP TO EIGHTH AMONG ALL-TIME SCORERS
Senior Cory Larose's (61-119-180) assist in Sunday's 5-2 defeat of Michigan put him past Rob Zamejc (69-110-179), among all-time Black Bear scorers. Larose is third in career assists (119), passing 1992 Hobey Baker Award winner Scott Pellerin with his assist on Dimitrakos' game-winning goal in the Hockey East championship game. The senior captain is tied for 15th nationally in points with 50 (15-36-51) and eighth in assists with 36.
LAROSE EARNS HOCKEY EAST HONORS
All-America candidate Cory Larose was rewarded for winning the Hockey East scorering title with 33 points (9-24-33) in 24 league games, by being named to HEA's first team all-conference squad. Larose also won HEA's Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award.
MULTIPLE-POINT GAMES
Larose's four-point effort (3-1-4) at Boston College Nov. 14 stands as the most points registered
by a Black Bear in one game this season, Larose has a team-high
18 multiple-point games to his credit this year. Seven Black Bears have recorded three-point games this season, 16 players have earned multiple-point games. Barrett Heisten is tied with Larose with four three-plus point games, both had three-point games versus UMass Amherst, Feb. 11. Heisten is second to Larose in
UMAINE'S RECORD IN 1998-99/1999-00 WHEN
| AT HOME | 15-1-1/15-3-2 |
| on the road | 10-4-2/8-4-3 |
| ON NEUTRAL ICE | 6-1-1/4-0-0 |
| IN OVERTIME | 3-0-4/1-0-3 |
| WHEN SCORING FIRST | 22-1-2/20-1-3 |
| WHEN OPPONENTS SCORE FIRST | 9-5-2/7-6-2 |
| LEADING AFTER ONE PERIOD | 20-0-3/15-0-2 |
| TRAILING AFTER ONE PERIOD | 3-4-0/4-4-1 |
| TIED AFTER ONE PERIOD | 8-2-1/8-3-2 |
| LEADING AFTER TWO PERIODS | 24-0-2/17-0-2 |
| TRAILING AFTER TWO PERIODS | 1-6-1/5-6-1 |
| TIED AFTER TWO PERIODS | 6-0-1/6-1-2 |
| IN ONE-GOAL GAMES | 10-2-0/8-4-0 |
| TWO-GOAL GAMES | 4-0-0/9-2-0 |
| THREE-GOAL OR MORE GAMES | 18-4-0/9-1-0 |
| WHEN SCORING THREE OR MORE GOALS | 24-1-3/24-3-3 |
| WHEN SCORING FOUR OR MORE GOALS | 21-1-1/20-2-1 |
| ON FRIDAY | 14-3-0/9-2-3 |
| ON SATURDAY | 10-3-1/9-4-0 |
| ON SUNDAY | 3-0-2/7-1-1 |
| ON MONDAY | 0-0-1/0-0-0 |
| ON TUESDAY | 1-0-0/1-0-1 |
| ON WEDNESDAY | 1-0-0/0-0-0 |
| ON THURSDAY | 2-0-0/1-0-0 |
| IN OCTOBER | 3-0-0/5-0-0 |
| IN NOVEMBER | 6-1-1/4-0-2 |
| IN DECEMBER | 2-0-2/3-2-0 |
| IN JANUARY | 8-1-1/3-4-2 |
| IN FEBRUARY | 6-1-0/9-1-1 |
| IN MARCH | 4-3-0/6-0-1 |
| IN APRIL | 2-0-0/0-0-0 |
The Last Time It Happened
UMaine shut out an opponent at home:
November 20, 1999 vs. Brown, 3-0
(UM Goalie: Mike Morrison)
UMaine shut out an opponent on the road:
October 17, 1998 @ Nebraska-Omaha, 3-0
(UM Goalie: Alfie Michaud)
UMaine Shut out an opponent on neutral ice:
November 28, 1998 vs. Vermont, 2-0 (Governor's Cup Final)
(UM Goalie: Mike Morrison)
UMaine was shut out:
February 6, 2000 vs. New Hampshire, 1-0
(UNH Goalie: Scott Ty Conklin)
UMaine was shut out at home:
January 29, 2000 vs. Boston College, 3-0
(BC Goalie: Scott Clemmensen)
UMaine was shut out on the road:
February 6, 2000 vs. New Hampshire, 1-0
(UNH Goalie: Scott Ty Conklin)
UMaine scored 10 or more goals at home:
February 27, 1998 vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 11-0
UMaine scored 10 or more goals on the road:
November 2, 1990 @ Denver, 10-1
UMaine allowed 10 or more goals at home:
January 29, 1983 vs Yale, 11-2
UMaine allowed 10 or more goals on the road:
January 4, 1986 @ Minnesota, 16-2 L
UMaine allowed nine goals:
January 10, 1986 @ Wisconson, 9-2 L
UMaine allowed eight goals:
March 11, 1994 @ Boston University, 8-5 L
UMaine allowed seven goals:
January 9, 1999 @ Boston College, 7-4 L
UMaine won a game in overtime:
March 10 vs. Providence, 5-4
UMaine won a game in overtime at home
March 10, 2000 vs. Providence, 5-4
UMaine won a game in overtime on the road:
April 3, 1999 vs. New Hampshire, 3-2
(NCAA National Championship Game, Anaheim, Calif.)
UMaine lost a game in overtime:
February 2, 1997 vs. Merrimack, 5-4
UMaine lost a game in overtime at home:
February 2, 1997 vs. Merrimack, 5-4
UMaine lost a game in overtime on the road:
December 27, 1996 @ Denver, 4-3
UMaine player scored three goals in a game:
March 4, 2000 vs. Providence College (Dan Kerluke)
UMaine allowed a player to score a hat trick:
February 20, 1999 vs. Boston University (Carl Corizzini)
UMaine player scored four goals in a game:
January 30, 1993 @ New Hampshire (Cal Ingraham)
UMaine player scored five goals in a game:
February 7, 1987 vs. UMass Lowell (Jay Mazur)
UMaine allowed 50 or more shots on goal:
January 9, 1998 @ Merrimack, 57 (UM Goalie: Alfie Michaud)
UMaine recorded 50 or more shots on goal in a game:
January 26, 1996 vs. UMass Amherst, 55
UMaine Year-by-Year in NCAA Tournament
1986-87
First Round (Two games, Total goals)
at Michigan State 6, UMaine 2, at Michigan State 5, UMaine 3,
Michigan State wins 11-5
1987-88
Quarterfinals (Two games, Total goals)
at UMaine 5, Bowling Green 1, at UMaine 4, Bowling Green 3,
UMaine wins 9-4
Semifinals - Lake Superior State 6, UMaine 3 (at Lake Placid, N.Y.)
Third Place - UMaine 5, Minnesota 2 (at Lake Placid, N.Y.)
1988-89
Quarterfinals (best of three)
Providence 8 at UMaine 6, at UMaine 3, Providence 2,
at UMaine 4, Providence 3 (2ot)
Semifinal - Minnesota 7, UMaine 4 (at St. Paul, Minn.)
Third Place - Michigan State 7, UMaine 4 (at St. Paul, Minn.)
1989-90
First Round (best of three)
at UMaine 8, Bowling Green 4, at UMaine 5, Bowling Green 2
Quarterfinals (best of three)
at Wisconsin 7, UMaine 3, at Wisconsin 4, UMaine 3 (ot)
1990-91
Quarterfinals (best of three)
at UMaine 4, Minnesota 0, at UMaine 5, Minnesota 3
Semifinal - Northern Michigan 5, UMaine 3 (at St. Paul, Minn.)
1991-92
East Regional - Michigan State 3, UMaine 2 (at Providence, R.I.)
1992-93
East Regional - UMaine 6, Minnesota 2 (at Worcester, Mass.)
Semifinal - UMaine 4, Michigan 3 (ot) (at Milwaukee, Wis.)
Final - UMaine 5, Lake Superior State 4 (at Milwaukee, Wis.)
1994-95
East Regional - UMaine 4, Denver 2 (at Worcester, Mass.)
Semifinal - UMaine 4, Michigan 3 (3 ot) (at Providence, R.I.)
Final - Boston University 6, UMaine 2 (at Providence, R.I.)
1998-99
East Regional - UMaine 4, Ohio State 2 (at Worcester, Mass.)
Quarterfinal - UMaine 7, Clarkson 2 (at Worcester, Mass.)
Semifinal - UMaine 2, Boston College 1 (ot) (at Anaheim, Calif.)
Final - UMaine 3, New Hampshire 2 (ot) (at Anaheim, Calif.)
1999-00
East Regional - UMaine 5, Michigan 2 (at Albany, N.Y.)
UMAINE STATS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAY
The list below notes all points scored by current UMaine players in NCAA Tournament games. Note: 1999 and 2000 are the only years any current players have played in the NCAA Tournament.
| 15-Niko Dimitrakos* | 5GP, 3-3-6 |
| 39-Cory Larose | 5GP, 1-5-6 |
| 12-Ben Guite** | 5GP, 3-2-5 |
| 16-Dan Kerluke | 5GP, 1-3-4 |
| 4-Peter Metcalf | 5GP, 0-3-3 |
| 22-Tom Reimann | 1GP, 0-2-2 |
| 36-Brendan Walsh | 4GP, 1-1-2 |
| 7-Barrett Heisten | 5GP, 0-2-2 |
| 17-Chris Heisten | 1GP, 1-0-1 |
| 18-Cliff Loya | 1GP, 0-1-1 |
| 21-Matthias Trattnig | 5GP, 1-0-1 |
| 5-Robert Ek | 5GP, 0-1-1 |
| 3-Doug Janik | 5GP, 0-1-1 |
*1999 NCAA All-Tournament Team selection
**2000 NCAA All-East Regional Team selection
BLACK BEARS ON NCAA ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS
UMaine has had 10 players earn NCAA All-Tournament Team selections, including two tournament Most Outstanding Player Awards. Jim Montgomery (1993) recorded a hat trick in the come-from-behind championship game victory over Lake Superior State, 5-4, and Alfie Michaud (1999) allowed only three goals in overtime victories over Boston College, 2-1, and New Hampshire, 3-2, in Frozen Four games to receive MVP honors. Defenseman Chris Imes (1993, 1995) is the only UMaine player to be selected twice to all-tournament squads.
UMaine NCAA All-Tournament Team Selections:
| 1991 | Forward | Jean-Yves Roy |
| 1993 | Goalie | Garth Snow |
| 1993 | Defenseman | Chris Imes |
| 1993 | Forward | Paul Kariya |
| 1993 | Forward | Jim Montgomery (MVP)* |
| 1995 | Goalie | Blair Allison |
| 1995 | Defenseman | Chris Imes |
| 1995 | Forward | Dan Shermerhorn |
| 1999 | Goalie | Alfie Michaud (MVP) |
| 1999 | Defenseman | David Cullen |
| 1999 | Forward | Niko Dimitrakos |
* NCAA 50th Anniversary Team member
FROZEN FOUR GAMES AND PRESS CONFERENCES ON TV
ESPN2 will broadcast UMaine's Thursday contest with North Dakota live at 2 p.m. The post game press conference can be picked up on satellite courtesy of NCAA Productions at KU-Band SBS, transponder 9, downlink freq. 11921 MHz (H) at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday's press conference with the four Frozen Four head coaches will also be available through the same satellite coordinates at 4:30 p.m. The second semifinal game Thursday between Boston College and St. Lawrence University will be accessible through the same coordinates at 10:30 p.m. Friday's pre-championship press conference air at 2:30 p.m. at KU-Band SBS, transponder 4, downlink freq. 11798 MHz (V). Saturday's post championship game press conference will be available through the same coordinates as the Friday press conference at 11 p.m. The championship game will be carried live by ESPN at 7:30 p.m.
ALL UMAINE GAMES TO BE BROADCAST ON WZON
Once again, all UMaine hockey games will be broadcast live by the SportsZone WZON (AM 620). Dan Hannigan will handle the play-by-play duties while former UMaine goalie Blair Marsh will provide color. UMaine games may also be accessed by calling Teamline (1-800-846-4700). The UMaine code is 1113 and there is a fee for the call. The broadcast is also available through the Broadcastsports.com web page.
1999-2000 HOCKEY EAST HONORS
First Team All-Hockey East
Cory Larose-Led HEA in scoring with 33 points (9-24-33)
Len Ceglarski Sportsmanship Award
Cory Larose-Totaled only 12 penalty minutes in 24 league games
Player of the Week, March 20
Niko Dimitrakos-Scored the GWG in HEA Final versus BC
Defensive Player of the Week, March 20
Matt Yeats-Stopped 70 of 73 shots in wins over BU and BC
Defensive Player of the Week, March 13
Matt Yeats-His 19 saves in the third period of UMaine's second quarterfinal victory tied a HEA quarterfinal record for saves in a period.
Player of the Week, March 6
Dan Kerluke-Scored all three Black Bear goals in a 3-2 come-from-behind victory at Providence March 4.
Rookie of the Week, Feb. 21
Martin Kariya-Recorded a goal and an assist in both victories over UMass Lowell, including a shorthanded GWG.
Player of the Month, January
Cory Larose-Tallied 14 points (2-12-14) in nine January games, and earned MVP honors at the Denver Cup, Dec.31-Jan.1.
Player of the Week, Jan. 10
Ben Guite-Recorded six points week, including five goals, in one game against Cornell and two versus New Hampshire.
Player of the Week, Nov. 15
Cory Larose-Recorded six points in games versus Merrimack and Boston College.
Defensive Player of the Week, Nov. 8
Doug Janik-Scored game-opening goals against Northeastern and Providence.
Player of the Week, Nov. 1
Cory Larose-Recorded game-winning goals in games at Ohio State, and added an assist.
Defensive Player of the Week, Oct. 25
Peter Metcalf-Assisted on both game-winning goals at the JC Penney Classic.
Rookie of the Week, Oct. 18
Martin Kariya-Scored a goal in each game against Minnesota and added an assist.
1999-2000 NATIONAL & TOURNAMENT AWARDS
College Hockey Humanitarian Award Finalist
Jim Leger
2000 U.S. National Junior Team
Barrett Heisten
Doug Janik
USCHO Offensive Player of the Week, Jan. 10
Ben Guite
Denver Cup All-Tournament Team
Cory Larose (Most Valuable Player)
Dan Kerluke
A.J. Begg
JC Penney Hockey Classic All-Tournament Team
Barrett Heisten (Most Valuable Player)
Dan Kerluke
Peter Metcalf
Hockey East All-Tournament Team
Niko Dimitrakos (Most Valuable Player),
Matt Yeats, Cory Larose and Robert Ek
NCAA All-East Region Team
Ben Guite
